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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-18

A piece of ground on Broadway, New
York, 25x100 feet, was recently sold for
1856, 200--at the rate of $4,000, 900 pei
acre. The chaps that own that property,
it is safe to assert, do not believe 10 the
II enry George land theory.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-18
HI;n'ssEs;s s ROOT BEER,

Package, 25 cents. makes gallons of delicious,
sparkling, temperance beverage. Strengthens and
purifes the blood. Its purity and dslicacy COM
mend 1t 10 all. Sold by all druggists and store
keepers. April 27-4w.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-18
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF
me Atfwell National saiilf,
AT LAMBERTvn.LE,
In the State of New Jersey at the CLOSE of BUSH
ness, May 18th, 1887.

RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts Sl3l,522 SO
Overdrafts 1880 67
u s. Bonds to secure circulation $4,000 90
other stocks. bonds and mortgages 7,79s 90
Dine from approyed reserve agents 229S3 o.
Due from other National Banks 1882 40
Due from State Banks and Bankers 1861 ~
Real Estate, furniture, and fixtures 1888 "a
Current expenses and taxes paid 1,2O7 81
Premiums paid il,ii0 90
Checks and other cash items 622 30
Bills of other Banks 1850 %
Fractional paper currency, nickes, and
cents 2O0 ~
Trade dollars a. 90
Specie Q, 20y 81
LcgaI-tender notes 1908 90
Redemption fund with U. s. Treasurer
20 90 Of circuation) 2,s40 90
Total, 27Os74 9s
Capital stock paid in $4,000 90
Surplus fund b 800 w
Undivided profits 4l6t 50
National Bank notes outstanding 4GS00 90
individual individual deposits subject to check I254oi 90
Certified Checks Al 90
Cashiers checks outstanding G70 90
Due TO other National Banks 13,4os "a
Total s27Oo7l %
STATE Of Ne,e jersey, County Of Hanierion, So
/, WILLIAM v. COOLEY, Cashier of the above
named bank. do solemnly swear that the above
statement Is true to the best o my knowledge and
belief w. COOLEY Cashier
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this 18th day
of May, 1887 A. d. ANDERSON
Notary Public of Nj.
CoRREcT-Attest;
4 4. + LAM smith lp,,oc,or,.
AMOS JOHNSON,
May IS, 1887.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-18
MARRIAGES.

WEsT-QUEEN-As stockton, on My 18th, 1887
Trenton, 10 Miss Annie Queen Of Stockton.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-18

Mr.. John Tyler, son of President Ey-
Ter, has for the ninth time been cleoSed
Grand Worthy Patriarch Of the Sons OF
Temperance of the State of Virginia
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-18
HINDER ORMS,

nVSpEpSTA Its Nature, Causes, Pre-
~ l. O1 LII OAh yention and Cure, being
the experience Of an actual sufferer, by JOHN II,
McALvIN, Lowell, Mass. IA years Tax Collector.
Sent free to any address. March 30-4w.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-18

Mr.. Robert J. Burdette. the genial
humorist, has been elected deacon in the
Baptist Church, at Lower Merton, Pa.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-18
THE MARKETS.
LamhertsilIe. Nav IS. So

Lambertville, May IS. 1887.
PRICES OF GRAIN corrected every Wednes-
day by LEAR, HOLCoMB & NIECE, dealers in
Grain. Flour, Feed. SC.
PRICES OF PRODUCE, &C., by CARVER 4
WILLIAMS dealer in Dry Goods and Groceries
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-18

The New York San and World are adj
vocating the holding of Worlds Fair
in that city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
Manufacture of Counterfeit Jewels.

Artificial precious stones have become
an important article of trade. The pro-
ducts of some Of the shops would almost
deceive an expert but the test Of hard
ness is still infallible. The beautiful
'French PASTE" from which imitation
diamonds are made, is q kind of glass
with q mixture of oxide of lead. The
more of the latter the brighter the stone,
but also the softer, and this is q serious
defect. The imitation stones are now so
perfectly made, and are so satisfactory to
those who are not very particular that
their influence begins to be felt in the
market for real stones.
BY careful selection Of the ingredients,
and skill and manipulation, the luster,
color, fire and water Of the choicest stones
arc to the eyes of the layman fully repro
duced. There are O few delicacies of
color that cannot be perfectly given, for
they depend on some undiscOverable pecu-
harities Of molecular arrangement and
not on chemical composition; but the per-
sons who buy the stones know nothing Of
that. Yet Sidot, French chemist has
nearly reproduced these peculiarities, in
Guiding the dichroism Of the sapphire,
with a composition of which the base is
phosphate of lime. Two other French
chemists, Frenzy and Fell, have produced
rubies and sapphires having the same
composition with the genuine stones and
nearly equal hardness. -Popular Science
Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
a Hat on a Mans ExebaII.

A Buddhist priest, of about 25, stope
blind land no wonderD, was led on by two
showmen, and tho trio crouched I'm a row.
A variety Of objects were grouped at>out
them Of varying size and weight, One
borrowed my hat, q colt wideawake. at
tached to It by a hook nooged string. ard
held it in readiness. The blind priest sat
for a time inpassive, old men banging
drums, then at a signal he gave q howl.
forced with two thumbs his right eye out
OF the socket, while tho attendant hung
my hat upon the BALI To show that It
was unsupported except 81 the string, he
held both hands aloft, then, allowing his
eye to sink into its place, relapsed into
listless lethargy. The trick was repeated
again and again with other objects. the
period of suspension being shortened ac-
cording to increase Of weight, until ut last
there hung from his eye, which looked like
an uncanny onion, bell of sculpturcd
bronze. With a groan Of horror we turned
and fed, seeking oblivion of the night
mare in the theatre devoted to farces.-
Murray's Magazine, {
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
The Meaning of u "Boom.o

Do not listen to the man who proposes
to "boom" your business. An excessive
"boom' means working at high pressure.
The margin" or ''factor" of safety be-
comes too small to withstand the strain
and your "boom" becomes o burst bub-
BILE. On the other hand, should the boom
be carried out, a reaction is sure to follow.
The higher the "boom" the lower the
"docm'' will be to which your business
descends. Booming" may well be COM
pared with alcoholic stimulating. The
latter will make things hum for time,
but the reaction surely comes, and things
are equalized to dead level. Then and
there are the ''boomed" and the stimu-
lated found wanting. Force business with
conservative pressure. 1t may not go fast
enough, but it will surely reach the mark
if persistence handles the throttlc.-Bos-
ton Budget
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
Industrial Uses of Oil of Birch.

A Bclgian inventor has devised pro-
cess for tanning textile fabrics which rem
ders them waterproof and at the same
time, it is said, proof against decay, while
their suppleness is not diminished and
their weight not appreciably increased.
Arguing from the high state of preserva-
ton in which the bands which surround
the heads of Egyptian mummies are found
to this day, and which are impregnated
with n kind of resin, the inventor had re-
course to the substances extracted from
birch bark, and which are now used to
perfume Russia leather.
When the fine white bark of the birch
tree is distilled it yields light Oil, nearly
q fourth part of which consists of the
special phenol, or carbolic acid, which
gives the we'll known odor to Russia
leather. 1t is row found that the residue,
or green tar, Of the birch, which is OBJ
tanned from Kostroma, yields neither acid
nor alkaloid, and forms, with alcohol, q
solution Of great fluidity, which, however,
when once dried, is not acted upon by al
cohcl. 1t is this substance which will
unite with the most brilliant colors that
are used by the inventor for treating text
lie fabrics. -American Register.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
Food of the Canary Islanders.

The splendid physical development of
the Canary Islanders gives special interest
to their peculiar food. Five-sixths of the
inhabitants, according to DR.. G. F. Taylor,
subsist almost exclusively upon fine
-four made by grinding roasted wheat,
corn or barley. This is called gofo.
Being already cooked, it requires no pre-
paration for eating except mixing to any
desired consistency with milk, soup or any
suitable fluid. Gofio is delicious, whole
some, highly nutritious and very con-
venient to use. For these reasons, and
the important one that it seems to remove
q tendency to acidity of the stomach, DR..
Taylor recommends the addition of this
food to our own already large variety
Arkansaw Traveller.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27

room, with it's silent students, impressed
me very much. looked at once for the
Elgin marbles, but casts and photographs
and engravings had made me familiar
with their chief features. / thought
knew something of tie sculptures
brought from Nineyeh, but was aston
ished, almost awe struck, at the sight of
those mighty images which mingled with
the visions of the Hebrew prophets. I did
not marvel more at the skill and labor
expended upon them by the Assyrian
artists than / did at the enterprise and
audacity which had brought them safely
from the mounds under which they were
buried to the light of day and the heart of
a great modern city.
never thought that 1 should live to see
the Birs Nimroud laid open, and the tab
lets in which the history of Nebuchad-
nezzar was recorded spread before me-
The Empire of the Spade in the world of
history was founded at Nineveh by
Layard, a great province added to it by
Schliemann, and its boundary extended
by numerous explorers, some of whom
are diligently at work at the present day.
feel very grateful that d any of its rev.
Citations have been made since i have
been tenant of the travelling residence
which holds so many secrets in its re-
cesses. There is one lesson to be got from
a visit of an hour or two to the British
museum-namely, the fathomless abyss
of our own ignorance. One is almost
ashamed of his little paltry heartbeats in
the presence of the rushing and roaring
torrents of Niagara. So if he has pub
ished a little book or two, collected q
few fossils, or coins, or vases, he is
crushed by the vastness of the treasures
in the library and the collections of this
universe of knowledge.
have shown how not to see the British
museum. will tell how to see it. Take
lodgings next door to tin q garnet, if
you cannot afford anything better-and
pass all your days at the museum during
the whole period of your natural life.
At three score and ten you will have some
faint conception of the contents, signifi-
canoe and the value of this great British
institution, which is as nearly as any one
spot the nnud vital of human civilization,
a stab at which by the dagger of anarchy
would fifty begin the reign of Chaos
Oliver Wendell Holmes in Atlantic
Monthly
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
A Sign 70 Longer Seen.

IAN you tell me why the sign beware
of Pickpockcts' 10 10 longer seen?'' asked
a reporter of O Chestnut street merchant
the other day. SIT used to be displayed
in street cars, shops, railway stations and
in hotels, and now / don't believe there is
one in the city," 81 think l can explain
it," replied the merchant. 'It was found
that the sign acted as guide to pickpock-
cts. In this way: A man with roll of
money in his pocket or a wallet in his coat
would sec the sign, and nine times out Of
ten he'd instinctively clap his hand to his
pocket to see IL his yaluables were stiD
there. All the pickpockets had to do was
to watch the people as they read the sign
and then pick their pockets. We found
that out after awhile and took down our
signs, and 1 presume other people made
the same discovery about the same time"
philadelphia Call.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
The Gas Meter Danrerous.

The meters which gas companies intro
duce into our houses are put together
with solder that melts at low degree of
heat. When a fire originates near a gas
meter the heat very soon causes it to fall
apart, and the unchecked flow of gas from
the influent pipe quickly fills the premises
with a roaring and devastating flame.
After every fire, when there is a total loss
of the building, blazing stream Of gas
roars ON beneath falling walls and debris,
until measures are taken to stop the sup
ply of gas from the street mains. With
these facts before everybody's eyes it
seems strange that no attempt is made to
have meters differently constructed, or
some way devised to prevent the loss that
necessarily results from the present state
of things. -The Engineer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
Convicts Of Siberia.

The most interesting sight, and one Of
the most painful, was the long lines Of
convicts making their way to the settle
ments. When sitting at the post town
we would hear in the distance the clink,
clink, clink of the chains, and looking up
we would see the long procession wend its
way slowly along she road, preceded by
soldiers armed, the rear brought up by
wagons laden with the wives and children
of the unhappy exiles, who had elected to
share their fate. The children looked
happy enough and merry as the wagons
slowly crawled along the roads; and no
doubt they would not fare badly when
they came to their journeys end. They
were planted out as free colonists on far
more fertile land than they had left be-
hind in Russia. The sight, however, was
sad enough, and one of the most charac-
teristic of Siberia.-Hon, James Campbell
in Pail Mall Gazette Interview.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
Tired of Hotel Fare.

A noted hotel keeper I'm Saratoga, the
excellence Of whose table is matter of
national repute, admits that he grows
very tired of hotel fare at times. "Once
in while" he says, 81 go and hunt up
my steward or como other employe who
has his family with him in the village,
and say, May go to your house TO din
ner today 1 go there, and as eat the
corned beef end cabbage or Irish stew, or
whatever the wife puts before me, / think
never tasted food SO good. After that /
eat all my meals at the hotel for while,
and then hunt up another old fashioned
dish in some simple little home. New
York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
An In1enious BARGAIN.

"Please, mum, gimme a slate pencil, I"
bis way to school.
eEook here" said the old lady, ''you
didn't pay for that; want a penny"
Il hain't got a penny"
@Then give me back the pencil"
ssNo, I WON'T And breaking the
pencil evenly I'm two he added, offering
the old lady one half: "There, that pays
for my part 1.-THE Epoch,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
Methods Of Heading Books.

1t is easy to read, yet no two men, who
have made anything Of themselves, ever
read the same book in a similar way
Neander, the church historian, read book
carefully through, making notes on tho
margin. DIR. johnson, on the contrary,
used to dip into book at random. He
read enough TO seize the leading ideas
and then threw it aside. Daniel Webster
began with the table Of contents and only
read such parts of the text as would give
him new ideas or add to his stock of
enthusiastically Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
THE SICK CHILD.

Child-o mother, lay your hand on my browi
o mother, mother, where am nowf
Why is the room so gaunt and greati
Why am lying awake so late?
Mother not at all; the night is still,
Nothing is here that means you ill
Nothing but lamps the whole town
through,
And never a child awake but you.
Child-Mother, mother, speak low in my ear,
Some of the things are SO great and
near,
Some are so small and far away,
I have a fear cannot say.
What have done, and what do fear
And why are you crying, mother dear?
Mother in the city sounds begin;
Thank the kind God the carts come in
An hour or two more and God is SO kind,
The day shall be blue in the window
blind, E. -....
Then shall my child go sweetly asleep.
And dream of the birds and hills Of
sheep.
... Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
DIR. Holmes Writes of Some Of It's Won.
a~-~-uo-u a., Gao the Si0lifs.

DR.. Holmes Writes OF Some of Its Won.
ders-How to See the Sights.
made but two brief visits to the Brit
ish museum, and can easily instruct my
reader SO that he will have no difficulty,
II he follow my teaching, in learning how
not to see it. When he has a spare hour
at his disposal, let him drop in at the mu-
seum and wander among its books and its
various collections He Wi know as
much about it as the fly that buzzes in at
one window and out at another. II l
were asked whether brought away any
thing from my two visits, / should say,
certainly I did. The fly sees some things,
not very intelligently, but he cannot help
seeing them, The great, round reading
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
L,ouid solidificd by Pressure.

Hitherto there has been no instance
known of liquid, properly so called, be-
ing solidifed by pressure alone, but this
experiment has now been accomplished by
the French chemist, Amagat, who has
succeeded in thus solidifying the bichlo-
ride OF carbon.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
A stylish AiIment.

''Sam, how is Taller getting along
nows" 'Oh, So He's putting on too
much style now to please me-" ''How is
that" "Well, he's got mild attack Of
dyspepsia, and he calls it 'Bright's dis
ease'-tryin' to make it appear as if he il
a distinguished person. Itmakes me sick
to see fellow putin on so much style, "
Kentucky State Journal,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27
Velocity of a Tornado.

By means of an air gun Professor c. l..
Mees has found that to drive straws into
pine boards and hickory bark, as is often
done by tornadoes, a velocity of $50 to 175
miles an hour is necessary.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-10-27

The peanut harvest in Virginia for this
year is estimated at 1000, 900 bushels.
Nine peanut factories clean and sort the
nuts (or the .re-t~. ,. ...-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-23
TIE ORGANIZATION.
yro Celebration Committee of Lee
Camp. Confederate Veterans

When the association determined
that the cornerstone Of the monument
sbould be laid on the 9th they asked
Ice Camp of Confederate Veterans 10
take charge of all the details, and IN
pursuance OF that responsible duty the
csmn appointed the following commit
tees:
Executive Commiitoe-General Johh IT.
Cooke (chairmOnl, Governor , ei1%I ~ IPnrc.ll
uon. j. Taylor Eilyson, Mr Alexands, W
Archer. Commander A. l.. Phillips, ana MI D.
ID. Core. secretary. ,,,o u p,.,han.htn
Finance Comm!tte e-Mal0r n T. blhukcuSni
f,hajrmnnl. Colonel l.. l.. Bass, Captain g. -
StnsI,s Cantain John Maxwell, ID. ). Redioru =
7 ~ DickeTson, 4. III. Elicit, aud John y ElSs''
~, iitavv Committee-Geuersl Charles d. Ah-
dsrson (chsirnanl, Major .: V; c bidSU Sjor
tsin n H. Deane, Major Miles Cary, MhlV ,, W.
S y Stmons Major j. Il. Phillips, Major William
M Eynns. aud Captain II. 4. Jones. =, n
"i Innovation acknowledgement l.. b. Dos
s,anx ichnirmAnl. J. X. Molloy, Jo3eph W;
'rhoroas. b. NJ. Batkins, Charles L. seigei' Hsu
james Harmon. 80 c.,,.,n .nnrew piz-
v,ni fchaIrman). ander >. %,
MeKeuney, George q. Mouhchsue, a.,
axie' M. n. RENDER, and Thomas j. smith;
Invitation and hecepu9n Conill ,At,.,.svt
Sn,amander j. W. White, Captain T. "
S,a,ps N. p. smith, j. Taylor Strstton, CAP
tain prank Cunningham, Hon. Wiinam L2s0 ~
s1esa' General Peyton Wise, Captain H. y
Nbttipg. w. 4. Lakewood. and Captain " n
BohanD0n (secIoteTy). -. n
public-Comfort committee - mslon !, a
os.nder fehairipan). j. footo Johnson 4: a
nnblett' 4. j. Bowlss. Polk miller, x. W. MAI.
u. lanes 4. Ferritsr. Pasl-Commander Ssnn
Murpby. j. Il. Parrish, and ID. w. bo~ios'
Tho committees failing to secure any
financial aid from the City Counci',,
vent upon the streets and raised a iuno
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-23
James BarrOn Hope,

Who dlod Just after completing the poem he
was 10 have read at the Lee celcbranonl
Albeit his armsr had been Hammered out
By no deit arust Of Milan,
There was majesty encompassed MN aDDut
OF purity uusfained and faith above al DOUBT,
The heart Of gold within, tho csat Of mail
without)
In which ne walked unframed Of any man,
As only they In fullest pHnoply can,
Erect iuyulI cradle, through all the strife
That marks the record Of this trOubous life.
No maid more tender. 10 Gslahad more brave,
steadfast friend, generous 100;
Humanity week, hut not % any vice slave:
Patient with honest error, grim critic Of tho
Taught Of all groces, affable yet grave;
Win one respect for high aud low;
Quick with warm sympathy for Joy or woe;
A sweet and wholesome nature 70 his rEst
lie carries the love II all who knew him best
III.
Net I'm Damascus forged was the good blade
lie usCd 90 strongly and so Well,
Nor IN Toledo; nor on Moorish anvil made
The sdmeter ne fought with; but it can be
said
40 GIT q any time, in foray or crusade,
The battles that romaucos tell
More brnyely strOye or more victorious fell:
Nsue bore moro doughty weapon In tho van
OF n q good fight for God and Truth ded Nan.
".
lie shore through evil with that fOrreful brand
Which rightly welded hath moro poWr
Than Saladin's ere wrought, orGxe IN hicharl =
land
rhe Pen hi. trusty weapon, in the strait COM
mand
OF Genius potent az q wizards wand;
That Genius which, until the very hour
Which ssw the clouds Of death above IL loW'r.
Meier hid its face Tut struck the golden Tyre
And died ia music on the funeral pyre.
Mourning il idle. "The brightest stars" but
set
ITO riso upon some falrorn sky:
And We must temper thoughts Of thee 10 fond
And not indulge in selfish grief. And yet Oh
yet.
For tesrs, however vainl To those who dio
4 given the luxury Of fearless eye
To them alone. Even God incaruaie wept
Above the grave wLere Mary's brother slept
VI.
Your last song tWined about a nobior themo
Than bard or minstrel ever sung;
And, Is still beats the rhythmic cadence, II
shan seem,
While leo yetdlis those verses. we but dream
That you have passed beyond this transient
CLEAN
OF sunshine 10 a world was never young
And never shall be Old; 70 dwell among
Beyond Times sea and in Heavens pOrtals)
1he kinsmen Of your soul-the lmmorials.
VII.
| And meet 10 was, Oh Poet, aud oh Friend,
| That summons 50 TO thee should comet
! Could Fate unto your lOvers for mOmentlen
Your ear. and all our prayers stralght"ay
ascend
From tAis fair land DER which your heavens
bend
From the far vaults Of that high dome
In which all singers find congenial homo,
| Reply would echo through the sounding skies
" Lies fHlness only comes 10 him Hho lles
WILLIAM L. CAMERON
| PeteTsJurg, Va, October ~, 1881.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-23
Decorations.

II the Committee of Arrangements
had gotten an appropriation from the
City Council it was their purpose 10
build a number of arches at prominent
points on the route of the procession,
but falling in that they were compelled
TO abandon this part OF the programme,
and also their purpose to have q grand
display OF fireworks at night The peo-
pie, however. are literally responding
to the committees appeal to decorate
their business-houses and residences